In this conversation, we gather on Women With A Vision’s front porch, hallowed grounds of New Orleans Black feminist struggle, as we reckon with the reality of white supremacist Christian terror and…
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Ruinations: Violence in these times
The dead ends of Hindu supremacy
August 21, 2024
In December last year, I was back in the Western Indian city of Ahmedabad to meet members of the far-right Hindu nationalist organization Bajrang Dal. For over a decade now, I have…
August 21, 2024
Ruinations: Violence in these times
Thinking about religion and violence
August 14, 2024
In the past fifty years, the study of religion and violence has grown exponentially. One reason for this is obvious: the rise of strident religion-related political movements around the world, many of…
August 14, 2024
Essays
Virūpa, meet Fichte: Uncanny resonances in comparative philosophy
July 31, 2024
Comparative approaches, especially those couched as “East/West” philosophy, are beset with simplification, projections, and biases, often resulting in narrowness and caricature. It is common to chase dead ends. To avoid this, responsible…
July 31, 2024
Experimental books
Writing without nets
July 17, 2024
“Every morning you climb several flights of stairs, enter your study, open the French doors, and slide your desk and chair out into the middle of the air. The desk and chair…
July 17, 2024
Experimental books
A (digital) reformulation of Islamic pasts
July 10, 2024
Among the reactions to my book A New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures, one that stands out especially concerns ChatGPT. The large language model software application has been much in the…
July 10, 2024
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